Chapter Summaries

Andrew continued practicing Flobberworm Transfiguration while helping Professor Adams deal with insects in the Greenhouse and handling school preparations for the new term. The chapter ended with an owl tapping on the Dormitory window while Andrew slept in the Common Room.

• Andrew woke from a nightmare about a Flobberworm and continued his daily Transfiguration practice after solving a problem posed by the Bronze Knocker.
• Andrew met Professor Adams at the Greenhouse and used a pesticide net to remove worms from the soil.
• Andrew made progress transfiguring Flobberworms, though Professor McGonagall told him he would need to keep practicing.
• Professor McGonagall asked Andrew to prepare Gilderoy Lockhart's Office and collect Lockhart's textbooks for review and registration.
• An owl tapped on the Dormitory window while Andrew slept in the Common Room.

Andrew received a letter from Percy saying he was hospitalized, brought him potions, and discovered Percy had broken his leg while secretly visiting Penelope. Percy returned to Hogwarts after recovering, but Andrew made him pay for the potions and cover his missed duty shifts until term began.

• Hermes delivered Percy's letter, and Andrew went to Professor Adams for potions before traveling to the hospital.
• Andrew found Percy with a broken leg and learned Penelope had brought him there after he fell while climbing out of her window when her father came home.
• Andrew moved Percy to a hotel, where Percy took the potions and his leg nearly healed by evening.
• Penelope's father grew suspicious of Percy, and Percy chose to return to Hogwarts to study rather than go home.
• Andrew charged Percy for the potions and assigned him make-up duty shifts stretching to the start of term.

Andrew continued his private Transfiguration lessons with Professor McGonagall, struggling to turn eggs into Flobberworms through careful control rather than raw magical power. As term approached, she approved his plan to test different magical proportions in a laboratory.

• On their way back from Hogsmeade, Percy realized Andrew had anticipated trouble and packed potions for possible injuries and poisoning.
• Professor McGonagall supervised Andrew's Flobberworm practice and urged him to complete the transformation before term began.
• Percy demonstrated a powerful Flobberworm transformation, but Andrew recognized that the exercise required precision rather than greater magical force.
• On August twenty-eighth, Percy prepared to help welcome the new students while Andrew continued practicing and felt close to mastering the spell.
• Professor McGonagall allowed Andrew to take a day to test different magical proportions in a laboratory and told him to get its key from Mr. Filch.

Andrew tested how the Force of Life affected Transfiguration, then successfully transformed eggs into Flobberworms and reported his results to Professor McGonagall. She praised his progress and assigned him new study duties for the coming term.

• Andrew experimented with the Force of Life on eggs and found that unguided growth produced underdeveloped creatures, while guided changes caused useless forms or harmless bursts of magic.
• Andrew refined his technique with Flobberworms and succeeded in creating one with unusually strong magic resistance, though he still struggled to control the transformation.
• Andrew concluded that he could succeed about twice in five attempts, gathered the Flobberworms, and brought them to Professor McGonagall.
• Professor McGonagall praised Andrew, told him to rest and master the technique, and arranged for him to help in the Greenhouse while studying plants and animals.
• Professor McGonagall told Andrew that next term he could help mark Transfiguration homework instead of submitting his own.

Andrew met Gilderoy Lockhart in Professor McGonagall’s office and redirected the showy new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor toward the students on the Hogwarts Express. After Lockhart left, McGonagall discussed his questionable abilities and the school’s need to satisfy the Examination Board, then resumed planning Andrew’s studies.

• Andrew went to Professor McGonagall’s office to discuss his progress in Transfiguration.
• Gilderoy Lockhart arrived, introduced himself as Hogwarts’ new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and offered Andrew an autograph.
• Andrew suggested Lockhart visit the students on the Hogwarts Express, and Lockhart hurried off with a signed book for Andrew.
• Professor McGonagall explained that Lockhart had asked the school to expand his office because he claimed he could not cast the Undetectable Extension Charm yet.
• Professor McGonagall worried about Lockhart’s competence and Hogwarts’ obligations to the Examination Board, then continued planning Andrew’s studies.

Lockhart staged a grand entrance at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, hoping to build excitement for his Hogwarts post and a new book about Harry Potter. When he learned Harry and one of the Weasleys had missed the train, he went searching for them and discovered he had left his suitcase aboard.

• Lockhart planned to meet Harry Potter on the Hogwarts Express and present himself as an approachable professor.
• Lockhart arrived at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, where fans crowded around him and discussed his connection to Dumbledore.
• Lockhart delayed boarding with autographs and conversations until the crowd learned that the platform exit had stopped working.
• Lockhart boarded the Hogwarts Express and asked students about spare seats, but an anxious red-haired boy told him that his brother and Potter had missed the train.
• Lockhart used Apparition to return to the platform and searched for Harry, then realized he had left his suitcase on the train.

Professor McGonagall explained that Andrew needed to improve his Transfiguration by studying likeness and area casting, but news that Harry Potter and Ron Weasley had missed the train led Andrew to suspect a plot behind their disappearance. He told McGonagall his theory that someone was trying to get Harry expelled, though he had no evidence.

• Professor McGonagall assigned Andrew books on plants and animals and said he would later begin Area Casting Training.
• Hermes delivered word that Harry Potter and Ron Weasley had missed the train, and Andrew found a letter saying they had taken a magical flying car.
• Professor McGonagall ordered Andrew to alert the Ministry so it could prepare Temporary Response Squads, then went to find Albus.
• Andrew proposed that someone had manipulated events and controlled Ron to make Harry violate the Secrecy Law and face expulsion.
• Professor McGonagall reconsidered her assumptions about Gryffindor, while Andrew admitted his theory was only a guess and kept his concern about the car to himself.

Andrew prepared to punish Harry Potter and Ron Weasley for missing the train, but Dumbledore discovered that a hidden spell had delayed the Weasleys and obstructed their passage. After the flying car reached Hogwarts, Andrew tried to restrain Ron and warned Harry that he might be under someone’s control.

• Andrew drafted a letter arguing that a spell may have interfered with the Weasleys’ journey, and Dumbledore approved it before heading to The Burrow to investigate.
• Dumbledore found a trap spell on items at The Burrow that had made their owners forget them until they were on the road, and he told Mrs. Weasley that someone had deliberately delayed them and blocked the passage.
• Professor McGonagall ordered Andrew to restrain Ron when he arrived and prepare Truth Serum, while the Ministry sent people after the flying car.
• After the Ministry warned that the car’s speed control had failed, Professor McGonagall lowered Hogwarts’ defenses and sent Andrew to get Madam Pomfrey ready.
• The flying car reached the school and landed near the old greenhouses, where Andrew tried to bind Ron, but Snape’s spell knocked Ron down.
• Andrew pointed his wand at Harry and ordered him to stay still, saying someone might have controlled him.

Harry and Ron were captured after arriving at Hogwarts by flying car, and Snape questioned Ron under Truth Serum while Andrew investigated. Snape discovered Ron’s memory had been altered, and Andrew suggested that Scabbers was more than an ordinary rat as Dumbledore arrived.

• Snape and Andrew bound Harry, Ron, and Scabbers, then took them to Snape’s office.
• Snape revived Ron and questioned him while Andrew focused on finding who had caused the boys to use the flying car.
• Ron gave confused answers, and Snape concluded that Ron’s memory had been altered and that he had been subjected to the Imperius Curse.
• Dumbledore arrived, and Andrew pointed to Scabbers, saying they had caught a big one.

Andrew suspected the rat he had captured was an Animagus and brought it to Dumbledore, where Snape forced it back into human form. The man was revealed as Peter Pettigrew, whose confession that he had betrayed the Potters left Andrew and Snape furious.

• Andrew held up the suspicious rat for Snape while he summoned Dumbledore to investigate it.
• Dumbledore identified the rat as an Animagus and said he could develop a spell to restore it in three days.
• Snape used several potions to transform the rat into Peter Pettigrew, while Harry writhed in distress nearby.
• Andrew ordered Snape to give Peter Truth Serum and restrain Ron Weasley, and Snape questioned the unconscious man.
• Peter admitted he had faked his death and betrayed the Potters to stay alive, enraging Andrew and Snape.

Andrew questioned Peter Pettigrew under truth serum and learned that Peter had not led Ron into using the flying car. Hogwarts staff arranged to send Peter to the Ministry of Magic while Professor Snape guarded him, and Dumbledore ordered the incident kept quiet as Harry and Ron recovered.

• Snape tried to kill Peter, but Dumbledore stopped him and knocked Harry unconscious after Harry had nearly bitten through his gag.
• Andrew questioned Peter, who admitted hiding with the Weasleys but denied leading Ron into the flying car.
• McGonagall ordered Andrew to prepare the paperwork for Peter’s transfer to Azkaban and asked Snape to guard him.
• Dumbledore examined Harry and Ron, found no lasting harm or trace of the Imperius Curse, and told the staff not to publicize Peter’s capture or discuss it with Harry.
• Dumbledore left Harry and Ron in McGonagall’s office, where she was to speak with them before Andrew took them back.

After Harry and Ron woke in Professor McGonagall’s office, Andrew punished them for bringing the flying car to Hogwarts by making them parade around the Great Hall in a toy car that played a nursery rhyme. Lockhart arrived late and heard the bizarre song from outside the hall.

• Professor McGonagall questioned Harry and Ron about their actions and left Andrew to handle their punishment.
• Andrew listed the boys’ offenses, gave them food, and warned them to stay in the office while he arranged a penalty.
• Andrew transformed a stick into a toy car and made Harry and Ron choose between parading in it and losing 150 Gryffindor points with a public announcement.
• Harry and Ron reluctantly agreed to parade in the toy car, wearing masks and wigs as it played a nursery rhyme.
• Lockhart arrived late for the Opening Feast and stopped outside the Great Hall when he heard the song.

Harry and Ron endured a humiliating musical parade as punishment before escaping the Great Hall, while Andrew greeted Professor Lockhart and ended their detention. The boys returned to their Common Room, still worried about Scabbers, and saw Madam Pomfrey carrying Dittany downstairs.

• Harry and Ron hurried around the Great Hall in toy cars while a children’s song played, then spotted Lockhart and rushed out through the doors.
• Andrew welcomed Professor Lockhart and directed him to the teachers’ table, while Harry and Ron fled toward Professor McGonagall’s Office.
• George and Fred guessed that the masked students were Ron and Harry, and Neville failed to defend Andrew from their criticism.
• Andrew reversed the Transfiguration, returned the Alchemy device, and sent the students back to their Common Rooms.
• Harry and Ron wondered whether they were off the hook, noticed Scabbers was missing, and saw Madam Pomfrey carrying Dittany downstairs before returning to their Common Room.

Andrew reviewed the Ministry’s account of Sirius Black and Peter’s confrontation, then confronted Ravenclaw students who wanted to ostracize Luna over her support for The Quibbler. He went to bed, leaving the students’ faction and the report about the old incident for later.

• Andrew read Mr. Filch’s records and drafted a report that portrayed Fudge favorably while refusing to finish the Ministry’s account of Sirius and Peter.
• Andrew left his draft on Professor McGonagall’s desk and headed back to his Common Room, realizing he had missed the Sorting.
• Andrew challenged an Upper Year who wanted Ravenclaw students to shut Luna out for promoting The Quibbler and threatened to ostracize him instead.
• Andrew warned the Upper Year not to use his Club to attack younger students or expand his authority.
• Andrew hoped Percy would cut the group’s funding, then went to bed rather than deal with the dispute that night.

Harry and Ron returned to Gryffindor after their punishment and learned about Fred and George’s plan to search for another Treasure Vault and use a car to advertise plays aimed at Peeves. Harry and Ron hoped their flying-car trip had stayed secret, but Hermione and their roommates soon confronted them about it.

• Harry and Ron found the Gryffindor common room password from Fred and George after the twins returned from the grounds.
• Fred and George explained that they had partnered with a Ravenclaw to search for a second Treasure Vault and recover Muggle coins and records.
• Fred and George described their plan to write plays that would upset Peeves and advertise them using a decorated car.
• Harry and Ron returned to their dormitory and initially found that no one mentioned their flying-car trip.
• Hermione burst into the boys’ dormitory and demanded to know why Harry and Ron had come to school in a flying car, while Seamus and Dean praised the ride.

Andrew helped Professor Adams prepare Transfiguration models of herbs for Advanced Herbology, then went to breakfast with fresh grapes for his roommates. His first Potions class was canceled after students found a note in Professor Snape’s handwriting saying he was unwell.

• Andrew met Professor Adams at the greenhouse and helped him prepare herb models for class.
• Professor Adams explained the herbs as Andrew made models of rue at different growth stages, then gave him a basket of grapes.
• Andrew used the Levitation Charm to keep the grapes steady while he ran back to the dormitory.
• Hal woke the roommates, who shared the grapes and worried about having Potions first.
• Andrew arrived at the Potions classroom with his roommates and found a note saying Professor Snape was unwell and class was canceled.

Andrew explained to Percy that Ron had been controlled and discussed replacing Ron’s broken Wand, then attended Gilderoy Lockhart’s first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson. The chapter ended as Lockhart began introducing himself to the class.

• Andrew told Percy that Ron had been under someone’s control and agreed to take him to Ollivander for a new Wand if a professor approved.
• Percy said he would raise the Wand purchase with a professor before leaving for his Advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
• Andrew heard Hal report several bits of school news, including that Gryffindor and Slytherin had avoided a fight, possibly because Andrew was absent from Potions.
• Gilderoy Lockhart arrived in elaborate robes and began introducing himself by listing his honors.

Andrew learned about language study from Lockhart’s class, then helped McGonagall send the Ministry of Magic the school’s response and Peter’s testimony about the flying car incident. He agreed to take Ron to buy a wand on Saturday, while the second-year Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs later fought off Lockhart’s Cornish Pixies.

• Andrew listened as Lockhart’s class discussed adventure stories and language learning, but dismissed the dangerous memory spell he had demonstrated.
• Huffman summoned Andrew to McGonagall, who asked him to prepare the school’s official response to the Ministry amid a flood of complaints about the flying car.
• Andrew and McGonagall checked the document and Peter’s testimony, then Andrew sent them to the Ministry’s Logistics Department by owl.
• McGonagall told Andrew that Ron wanted him to help buy a wand on Saturday, and Andrew agreed while suspecting the trip might draw out the culprit.
• Lockhart’s Cornish Pixies escaped, and the second-year Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs fought them off with books, fists, and wands.

Andrew and his classmates repotted Mandrakes in Herbology, where Andrew learned that Transfiguration could help but still completed the work by hand. After class, Slytherin students discussed investigating Andrew’s ancestry while he practiced Area Transfiguration in an empty classroom.

• Professor Sprout assigned students to groups and instructed them to wear and check their earmuffs before handling the Mandrakes.
• Andrew asked Professor Sprout whether Transfiguration could move a Mandrake and its soil, and she explained the risks and advised him to practice repotting by hand.
• Andrew wrestled with his Mandrake for about five minutes before packing soil around it and finishing the task.
• After class, Slytherin students rebuked their classmate for failing to ask Andrew about his ancestry and discussed investigating Andrew and Hermione Granger’s families.
• Andrew found an empty classroom and began practicing Area Transfiguration as Professor McGonagall had instructed.

Andrew practiced controlling separate targets with the Levitation Charm while exploring area spellcasting, then learned that the Ministry had settled on a fabricated account of Peter Pettigrew’s capture. Professor McGonagall asked him to endorse the story and inform Dumbledore, leaving Andrew to write his reply.

• Andrew tried practicing area spellcasting with scattered stuffing, then used dried peas to learn to control several separate clusters with the Levitation Charm.
• Percy mistook Andrew’s practice for an advanced Multi-Levitation Charm and told him Professor McGonagall wanted to see him.
• Professor McGonagall showed Andrew the Ministry’s account, which claimed Arthur Weasley had helped capture Peter Pettigrew, his son, and Harry.
• Andrew agreed to support the Ministry’s version, and Professor McGonagall told him to write back and inform Dumbledore.